Effects of the Maryland hydraulic clam dredge on populations of the soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria: final contract report
Final report on a three year study designed to investigate the effects of the Maryland hydraulic escalator clam dredge on populations and recruitment of the soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria. Experimental plots were established in the Potomac river, Maryland, and were dredged ina commerical manner by removing only legal size clams. quarterly samples were taken in the experimental and control plots by means of a van Veen grab for juvenile clams and the hydraulic dredge for older, deeper burrowing clams. Sediment samples were taken at selected periods for organic carbon and grain size analysis. Clams were separated into two size-groups. (PDF contains 38 pages)
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
1972
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| Subjects: | Conservation, Ecology, Mya arenaria, clam, dredge, hydraulic escalator, Potomac river, Maryland, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/20259 |
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